Press Releases
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WELCOME REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE LAUNCH OF THE AID-FOR-TRADE STRATEGY
Your Excellency Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Oliver Joseph, Minister of Economic Development, Planning, Trade and Cooperatives of Grenada and Chairman of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development, Honourable Wilson Laleau, Minister of Finance and the Economy and Minister of Trade…
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Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade Strategy launches in Haiti –
Turning market access into market presence What is Aid for Trade? Aid for Trade is a sub-set of official development assistance. In the broadest sense it refers to the flow of development finance/aid from developed countries and multilateral funding agencies to developing countries to enhance their participation in the multilateral trading system. Why the need for a Strategy? The Caribbean…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE TENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 28 APRIL 2004, TOBAGO
It is my pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development and indeed the entire CARICOM Secretariat. I wish in particular to thank you Minister and your staff at the Ministry of Health for making the arrangements for hosting this meeting. I also wish to express great pleasure that The Hon. Orville London…
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PRESIDENT MARTELLY TO LAUNCH CARIBBEAN AID FOR TRADE STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AfT) Strategy will be launched in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday 11 June. His Excellency Michel Martelly, the President of Haiti and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will be joined by Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Pascal Lamy and Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque…
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CARICOM ACTIVE THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have expressed concerns to the Secretary-General of the Organisation of America States (OAS) that budget cuts threatened the provision of scholarships and the activities of OAS national offices in the Community. CARICOM Ministers engaged the Secretary General His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza and Assistant Secretary General Ambassador…
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Presidential Proclamation: National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2013
NATIONAL CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONFor centuries, the United States and nations in the Caribbean have grown alongside each other as partners in progress. Separated by sea but united by a yearning for independence, our countries won the right to chart their owndestinies after generations of colonial rule. Time and…
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EASTERN CARIBBEAN COURT OPINION ON CCJ FOR SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in respect of the process to be followed by Saint Lucia to provide for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as that country’s final court of appeal. Chief Justice Janice Pereira delivered judgment…
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TRANSPORT MINISTERS RECOMMEND RETURN OF CRICKET WORLD CUP HASSLE FREE TRAVEL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In recognition of the benefits derived from the Single Domestic Space (SDS) during the International Cricket Conference Cricket World Cup in 2007, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Transport are recommending its reintroduction. The Ministers made the recommendation at their just-concluded one-day Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Transportation…
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